Administrative privileges on the local computer are required to install and develop applications in Visual C++

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Microsoft Visual C++ was developed to use features of Windows and to allow for development of programs that require administrative privileges on the local machine where Visual C++ is installed. So to install or to use Visual C++, a developer is assumed to have administrative privileges on the local machine.

On Windows 95 and Windows 98, some privileges may be restricted using the Policy Editor. A developer using Visual C++ must use an account that is unrestricted.

On Windows NT, a developer using Visual C++ must use an account that is a member of the Administrators group.

Administrative privileges on a domain are not required for general Visual C++ installation and development activities.

Using an account that does not have administrative privileges on the local machine might result in diminished capabilities or undefined behavior when using Visual C++.